{"product_id":"cutforge-cnc-product-development-system","title":"CutForge - CNC Product Development System","description":"\u003ch2\u003eYour CNC can make thousands of things. Which one has a reason to sell?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA striking render is a beginning. A product another maker can cut, assemble, and use takes more work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCutForge helps you connect the customer’s reason to buy with the workshop’s ability to build.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom FALK \u0026amp; THISTLE, this reusable AI superprompt guides you through CNC product opportunities, design decisions, manufacturing constraints, prototype tests, digital-plan packaging, and listing strategy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eStart with your actual workshop\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTell CutForge about your machine, usable work area, cutters, materials, software, skills, and budget. Bring an existing idea or ask it to help investigate the next opportunity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt works through the buyer, the problem, the design, and the production constraints—keeping known facts, calculations, assumptions, and items requiring physical tests clearly separated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTurn an idea into a development process\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFind a reason to buy:\u003c\/strong\u003e define the user, buyer, and gift giver; investigate problems and gaps in existing products.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCompare opportunities:\u003c\/strong\u003e use a ten-factor rubric covering customer need, differentiation, manufacturing, material use, assembly, and product-family potential.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesign for your equipment:\u003c\/strong\u003e examine measured thickness, cutter access, internal corners, joints, workholding, part size, and assembly order.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTest before release:\u003c\/strong\u003e plan fit coupons, critical-detail tests, prototypes, and repeatability checks with explicit pass\/fail criteria.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrepare a useful digital package:\u003c\/strong\u003e identify the drawings, source files, instructions, material lists, and disclosures another maker will need.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBuild the listing and the family:\u003c\/strong\u003e explain the product clearly and explore useful accessories, sizes, or companion products.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA concept is not a test result\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCutForge’s Manufacturability Gate keeps unresolved critical issues visible. Its failure review asks what could go wrong with fit, strength, assembly, material variation, machining, or the customer experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe workflow does not pretend that an AI image proves a design works. Physical measurements, prototype results, and maker judgment remain part of the job.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMade for CNC makers and digital-plan sellers\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse it to explore a workshop product, develop an original household accessory, assess a hybrid CNC\/3D-printed concept, or organize a coherent family of downloadable plans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can start with one idea and move through the process in stages. You do not need to finish a complete product in one conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you receive\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCutForge master superprompt (.md):\u003c\/strong\u003e the complete editable CNC product-development workflow.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuick Start PDF:\u003c\/strong\u003e activation, maker-profile intake, and first-session examples.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Guide PDF:\u003c\/strong\u003e the workflow, evidence labels, development gates, and practical limits.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWorked Example PDF:\u003c\/strong\u003e a fictional desktop-organizer concept showing how assumptions become test requirements.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDevelopment Worksheet (.md):\u003c\/strong\u003e reusable maker profile, opportunity rubric, parts plan, test log, and release checklist.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePersonal and internal commercial-use licence:\u003c\/strong\u003e including development work for your own shop or clients; toolkit redistribution is excluded.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBefore you buy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an AI prompt toolkit. 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